Game of Thrones Valentines Slay Hearts

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Game of Thrones Valentines Slay Hearts

Winter may have already come, but if there's one thing that could warm souls on this mid-February day, it's a set of witty Valentines based on the Game of Thrones TV series.

The Valentines – which possess that perfect mix of earnestness and downright crassness that Game of Thrones does so well – are the handiwork of Chris Bishop. The illustrator said the inspiration for the cards came from thinking about what each character in the fantasy series loves the most – a sister, a dead first love, honor.

"Yesterday, in the shower (where all great ideas are born), it popped into my head," Bishop said in an e-mail to Wired. "I had the ideas for the whole set of them by the time I left my apartment for work. My No. 1 goal was to make my girlfriend laugh when she saw them."

Since posting the Valentines on Monday, the Washington, D.C.-based artist, who spends his days as the creative director for PBS Kids, has gotten kudos for his work from around the web. But more importantly, Bishop has received the highest praise of all from the writer of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels upon which the HBO series is based.